City Commission Conference Meeting

City of Fort Lauderdale City Commission Conference Meeting Agenda Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 1:30 PM The Parker 707 Northeast 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 www.youtube.com/cityoffortlauderdale FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District III JOHN C. HERBST Commissioner - District I STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District II WARREN STURMAN Commissioner - District IV GREG CHAVARRIA, City Manager DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim City Attorney PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor City Commission Conference Agenda May 2, 2023 Meeting PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION: If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in The Parker lobby. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given to the Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker’s position or present information. If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a representative capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in The Parker lobby. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented, and identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the client’s support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed to succinctly state the client’s position or present information on behalf of the client(s). Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Mayor shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City Commission meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission meeting having been warned by the Mayor to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest. AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the agenda and minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002 at a minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide these services to you. City of Fort Lauderdale Page 2 Printed on 4/25/2023 City Commission Conference Agenda May 2, 2023 Meeting COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION 23-0460 Communications to the City Commission - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Exhibit 1 - 04.12.2023 BOA Exhibit 2 - 04.06.2023 MAB NEIGHBOR PRESENTATIONS NP-1 23-0320 Fenel Antoine - First Responder Dispatch and Sidewalks Attachments: Fenel Antoine - Neighbor Presentation Application 23-0320 NP-2 23-0349 Luke Harrigan - Grant received from the City Attachments: Luke Harrigan - Neighbor Presentation Application NP-3 23-0397 Dennis Ulmer - Remembering Memorial Day Attachments: Dennis Ulmer - Neighbor Presentation Application CONFERENCE REPORTS The following items are primarily status reports and, where appropriate, include a proposed course of action, that will be pursued unless the City Commission desires additional information or otherwise CF-1 23-0427 Emergency Purchase - Repair of the Fiveash Water Treatment Plant Blocked Sludge Line - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 23-0427 Exhibit 1 – Emergency Declaration Memorandum No. 22-154 Exhibit 2 – Invoices – Southern Underground Industries, Inc. Exhibit 3 – Invoices – A&A Drainage & Vac Services Inc. OLD/NEW BUSINESS BUS-1 23-0348 Presentation - Flash Flood 2023 Update - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #23-0348 BUS-2 23-0199 City Hall Update - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 23-0199 City of Fort Lauderdale Page 3 Printed on 4/25/2023 City Commission Conference Agenda May 2, 2023 Meeting BUS-3 23-0454 Discussion on Additional Funding for City Sponsored Events - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 23-0454 Exhibit 1 – Funding Breakdown Exhibit 2 - City Sponsored Event Entertainment Examples BUS-4 23-0465 Update on the City Attorney Search (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 23-0465 CITY COMMISSION REPORTS The Mayor and City Commissioners may bring up items of interest or concern. CITY MANAGER REPORTS The City Manager may bring up items of interest or concern. City of Fort Lauderdale Page 4 Printed on 4/25/2023